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For some reason or another, Sega never brought Treasure's Mega Drive/Genesis boss-rush shooter Alien Soldier to the U.S. in its original cart form, despite giving the game a traditional release in Europe and Japan, and making the title available in North America through its Sega Channel platform. The publisher eventually re-released the title on Wii's Virtual Console two years ago, but apparently some collectors are still upset about the lack of an NTSC physical release.

Sega-16 forumer Bratwurst reprogrammed a cartridge to play Alien Soldier on U.S. consoles, slapping appropriate art onto a box and the cart with authentic U.S. design elements. He even created a black and white manual to accompany the package. You can see more examples of Bratwurst's work below -- North American versions of Pulseman and Monster World IV (using unofficial English patches)!

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How do you reprogram a cartridge? I have absolutely no knowledge of how you would alter what's on a Genesis cartridge... I mean, how is there even technology or cables to do that?

Any insight into it, for someone who knows absolutely nothing about it?

I still have a Genesis as well as a GenX, so I still enjoy playing older games like this.